Obs. [OE. toln [OE. toln = OFris. tolne, tolene, OS. tolna, f. late L. tolonēum: whence also AF. tolun(e.] Tax, custom, duty; = TOLL sb.1
1023. in Thorpe, Charters (1865), 318. Heore is þæt scip … and se tolne of ealle scipen [L. eorum est navicula … et theloneum omnium navium]. Ibid. (1038), 339. Se þridda þæniʓ of þære tolne on Sandwic.
[1292. Britton, I. xvi. § 5. De ceo [il] paya tolun as baillifs. Ibid., xxii. § 13. Totes torcenouses prises … de travers ou de tolune.]
c. 1447–8. Shillingford Lett. (Camden), 93. All maner tolne of all maner marchaundyse.
1473. Rolls of Parlt., VI. 73/2. The Issues, Fermes, Tolnes, Revenuez, Amerciamentes and other Profittes.
